product management festival 2014 zürich - from scrum to "scrumban"
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View my presentation from 2014s Product Management Festival in Zürich. How my team changed its way to work from Scrum by the book to a more flexible way in between Scrum and Kanban. If you are struggling with the Scrum boundaries of fixed iterations and fixed commitment, here might be some ideas for you how to solve this.TRANSCRIPT
www.autoscout24.de
When Scrum is getting to tight – widen the
framework, gain flexibility. A field report
Product
Management
Festival 2014
Katrin Grothues
Zurich,
17. September 2014
www.autoscout24.de
Who is AutoScout24und who am I?
AutoScout24 – IT IS ALL ABOUT CARS.
More than 2 million new and used cars
17.1 million visitors a year in Germany (WNK, ACTA 2012)
The largest online car marketplace Europe-wide
Over 100,000 used commercial vehicles
More than 10 million people Europe-wide use
AutoScout24 every month
More than 300 million virtual vehicle
inspections per month in Europe
More than 40,000 dealer clients Europe-
wide
More than 100,000 motorcycles
AutoScout24 - Europe
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Involved in the markets in 18 countries,
AutoScout24 is the largest online car
marketplace Europe-wide.
AutoScout24 has more than
360 employees throughout
Europe.
A few words about myself
�Born in Marl / Ruhrgebiet
�Since 01/2012: Product Manager Vehicle Market Dealer Products @ AutoScout24
�Before: 3.5 years strategie and projectmanagement at big e-commerce companies
�Education: Cultural Science (M.A.), University of Lüneburg
From Scrum to "Scrumban"| Katrin Grothues
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What do you get today – and what not?
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-Introduction to Scrum
Introduction to Kanban
A discussion about the differences
between these methods
Problems
Findings
Actions
Metrics
of my
team
Inspiration for you
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Scrum by the book – that‘swhere we started
Agile development @ AutoScout24
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PO* PM* Developer QA
Research & User Experience
Design
Agile Coaches
*Productowner / Productmanager
Fixed 2-weekly sprint iterations
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Planning
Estimation
Retro
Estimation
PlanningRetro
Estimation
1. week 2. week 3. week 4. w…
2 week sprint
Planning every 2 weeks ½-1 day
Estimation 1 time per week Retro every 2 weeks
fixed commitment
But we had some problemswith it
1. What fits into the sprint – what not?
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1. Story – 3 SP
2. Story – 1 SP
4. Story – 3 SP
5. Story – 5 SP
6. Story – 1 SP
3. Story – 3 SP
7. Story – 5 SP
2. A lot of waste for preparation
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1. Story – 3 SP
2. Story – 1 SP
4. Story – 3 SP
5. Story – 5 SP
6. Story – 1 SP
3. Story – 3 SP
7. Story – 5 SP
3. Inflexibility
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1. Story – 3 SP
2. Story – 1 SP
3. Story – 5 SP
4. Story – 1 SP
5. Story – 3 SP
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4. Long plannings
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5. Time gap between planning and implementation
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Planning PlanningStart Story 3
?
6. Stress in the end
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Planning Planning
Achieve commitment Testing
Design acceptance
Tracking acceptance
PM acceptance
Enough reasons for a change
Commited stories are not driven by priority.
Little flexibility and a lot of waste.
Long planning meetings.
Time gap between planning and implementation.
Difficult to onboard.
Acceptance stress in the end.
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Sometimes you have to leave the ground
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Our Hypothesis
The fixed [2-weekly] iteration is
the problem
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If we do not have fixed sprint iterations…… we‘ll gain flexibility and can keep the priority.
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1. Story – 3 SP
2. Story – 1 SP
3. Story – 5 SP
4. Story – 1 SP
5. Story – 3 SP
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1. Story – 3 SP
2. Story – 1 SP
3. Story – 5 SP
4. Story – 1 SP
5. Story – 3 SP
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If we do not have fixed sprint iterations…… we‘ll produce less waste.
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If we do not have fixed sprint iterations…… we‘ll have shorter plannings.
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Planning Planning Planning
Implementation Implementation
!
If we do not have fixed sprint iterations…… implementation will follow directly after planning.
Implementation
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If we do not have fixed sprint iterations…… we‘ll have less acceptance stress.
Planning Planning Planning
Implementation ImplementationImplementation
That‘s how we changed ourschedule
The full picture of our working schedule
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Planning
Estimation
Retro
Estimation
Retro
Estimation
1. week 2. week 3. week 4. w…
No fixed sprint iterationsPlanning on demand
Estimation 1 time per week Retro every 2 weeks
No fixed commitment
Planning Planning
Implementation ImplementationImplementation
Do the changes help us?
If we do not have fixed sprint iterations, priority will determine the sequence.
If we do not have fixed sprint iterations, we‘ll gain flexibility.
If we do not have fixed sprint iterations, we‘ll produce less waste.
If we do not have fixed sprint iterations, we‘ll have shorter plannings.
If we do not have fixed sprint iterations, onboarding will be easier.
If we do not have fixed sprint iterations, we‘ll have less acceptance stress.
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And now, everything‘s fine? Concerns of a PM.
Timing, velocity and organisation
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When do we finish a story?
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First estimation in planning.
Communication in Daily.
Communication with external stakeholders.
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Will my team get slow?
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Measure Leadtime.
PM has to be disciplined.
Devs have to be disciplined.
All tasks have to be put into the backlog –
no inofficial tasks.
Additional Task Lane.
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How do I organise Planning on Demand?
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Planning 1 will be shifted to Estimation.
PM takes part in Planning.
All Devs take part in Planning.
The team gets an own room.
Daily planning slot in the morning.
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Closing notes & take aways
„Scrumban“ solved a lot of problems…
More flexibility and less waste.
Short planning.
Sequence is determined by priority.
Planning is directly followed by implementation.
Easy onboarding.
Less acceptance stress in the end.
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…but it holds new challenges!
Discipline on both PM and Dev side.
Keep an eye on velocity
Communication – internal and external – about Timings.
Meeting organisation.
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!!
!
What should you take away?
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Every process should only support your team. Change the process, if it
constrains you.
„Scrumban“ has a lot of advantages, but also new challenges.
Decide together, if and what to change.
Observe yourself: do the changes support you? If not, change again!
Without discipline in all roles it won‘t work out.
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Thanks for your attention!
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www.autoscout24.de
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Thank you for your
attention!
Kontakt:
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Dingolfinger Straße 1-15
81673 München
Katrin Grothues
Fon +49 89 444 56-1159
Fax +49 89 444 56 19-1159